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This counterintelligence is another aspect of that inquiry. a counterintelligence is not necessarily criminal in nature. according to reporting, investigators on the counterintelligence side of the fbi first had their interest peaked by president trump in july, 2016, calling on russia to leak hillary clinton's hacked e-mail. that's sort of the kind of thing they were looking at. all of this got folded into mueller's broader investigation of election meddling. so it is unclear how long the counterintelligence probe lasted, but clearly the white house lashing out at news that it existed in the f...

Danny, let's start with you on this and let's make that distinction first. the criminal versus counterintelligence, two types of streams that the fbi might be looking at in any investigation and what it means for russia and president trump. >> criminal defense attorneys like me rarely deal with the counterintelligence facet of the fbi, it's mostly the law enforcement side that we see, but the counterintelligence side works in a much quieter way. they conduct investigations that you may never hear about because they don't result in prosecution, they don't result in arrests, they don't result in...

Closest circle around putin? >> certainly the counterintelligence investigation, if you'll recall, was the impetus for this entire special counsel. the counterintelligence side is going to take a look at why it is our president is siding with a communist regime claiming that the russians were, quote, right to go into afghanistan. they're going to want to know the reasoning behind that, and where it's coming from. now, general mccaffrey has suggested a fairly benign reason, which is he's trying to cover his tracks as to why we're pulling troops out of afghanistan. but the fbi is going to look a...

His words. are you telling me the feds will stop, rewind and take notice because he's parroting talking points that are limited to the closest circle around putin? >> certainly the counterintelligence investigation, if you'll recall, was the impetus for this entire special council. the counterintelligence side is going to take a look at why it is our president is siding with a communist regime claiming that the russians were "right" to go into afghanistan. they're going to want to know the reasoning behind that, and where it's coming from. now, general mccaffrey has suggested a fairly benign r...

Initiative to end the war. >> frank, you and i always talk about things that take place in plain sight. i'm just a civilian. i always think the feds are operating at a higher level. but the president says this on television. his words. are you telling me the feds will stop, rewind and take notice because he's parroting talking points that are limited to the closest circle around putin? >> certainly the counterintelligence investigation, if you'll recall, was the impetus for this entire special council. the counterintelligence side is going to take a look at why it is our president is siding wi...